Misdiagnosis and Trichinosis

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Article Excerpts about Trichinosis

Trichinosis: DPD (Excerpt)

Trichinosis,
also called trichinellosis (TRICK-a-NELL-o-sis), is caused by eating raw
or undercooked pork and wild game products infected with the larvae of a
species of worm called Trichinella. Infection occurs worldwide, but
is most common in areas where raw or undercooked pork, such as ham or
sausage, is eaten. (Source: excerpt from Trichinosis: DPD)

Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

Trichinosis is an infection by the larvae of a
most versatile roundworm, Trichinella spiralis. This
parasite can infect virtually every meat-eating mammal. Unlike the
other parasitic roundworm diseases that have been discussed,
trichinosis is not an intestinal infection in the usual sense. It is
the migration of T. spiralis larvae through the body and
their encystment (becoming enclosed in a capsule) in a muscle that
creates serious problems. The parasite is especially common in rats
and in swine that feed on uncooked garbage. The disease occurs in
humans when they eat undercooked infected pork. (Source: excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Definitions of Trichinosis:

A parasite of carnivorous mammals that causes TRICHINOSIS. It is especially common in rats and in swine fed uncooked garbage. Human infection is initiated by the consumption of raw or insufficiently cooked pork or other meat containing the encysted larvae.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Trichinosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Trichinosis, or a subtype of Trichinosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Trichinosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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